LibGuides: Physical Therapy : Find Articles

Databases

Below you will find a list of article databases useful for finding literature in the field of physical therapy. You will also see a sub-tab on the left offering access to reference databases, which offers access to databases of encyclopedia entries useful for finding background information.

Roger Mommaerts. (2011, Apor. 11). Roger PT with E-Stim 017. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/rmommaerts/5611708255. Used under the Creative Commons License.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Citations and abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, conference proceedings, books, and magazines in sport, exercise, fitness, sports medicine, and related disciplines. Provides full-text access to over 500 journals dating back to 1985.
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MEDLINE (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
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Provides citations and abstracts for over 4,800 journals published worldwide in the life sciences with an emphasis on medicine and health. Produced by the National Library of Medicine. Searchable using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings.) Coverage: 2000-present.
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PubMed (Medline) This link opens in a new window
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Citations, abstracts, and some full-text from thousands of biomedical journals published worldwide in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, and preclinical sciences. Coverage: 1966-present.
CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
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Provides indexing for more than 5,300 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health and contains records dating back to 1937. It covers the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters. 30 simultaneous users
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ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source This link opens in a new window
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Citations and abstracts of articles in more than 800 journals covering nursing, allied health, alternative medicine, etc. Full-text access to over 700 journal titles and 12,000 dissertations. Coverage: 1986-present.
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Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
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Collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Includes systematic reviews, methods, studies, technology assessments, economic evaluations, and individual clinical trials.
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Consumer Health Complete This link opens in a new window
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Provides consumer-oriented health content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. . It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs.
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Clinical Pharmacology This link opens in a new window
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A compendium of current drug information to assist in improving outcomes and streamlining workflow.
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To start using the new Clinical Pharmacology app from your mobile device, please check out this guide.
UpToDate This link opens in a new window
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An evidence-based resource for medical knowledge at the point of care. In addition to being an aggregation and report of the latest research; UpToDate presents a comprehensive synthesis of the evidence, followed by recommendations that can be acted on at the point of care. It includes medical calculators, patient education materials, clinical content, and more.
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If you choose to use the UpToDate app, please create a free, personal account from a computer or laptop on the WSU campus network. You will log into the UpToDate app with your free, personal account.

UpToDate users guide
Trip Database
Their motto is "Find Evidence Fast". The databases focuses on evidence based medicine. Free to access. Creating an account is recommended but not required.

Health & Wellness Resource Center (with Alternative Health Module) This link opens in a new window
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Citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from health/medical journals, general interest periodicals, pamphlets, videos, and reference encyclopedias and directories. Also includes links to health assessment sites and government databases. Coverage: 1980-present.
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PEDro
"Physiotherapy Evidence Database." Describe themselves as "a free database of over 35,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. For each trial, review or guideline, PEDro provides the citation details, the abstract and a link to the full text, where possible."